U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis, who cites his successful push to raise Illinois’ speed limit as the top accomplishment of his first year as a state lawmaker, has been ticketed for speeding 11 times since 1988, according to public records.

On average, that’s a ticket every 2.4 years, which is more than I’ve had, but I assume he can afford the higher insurance rates.

By the way, I decided earlier this year to label all oppo I receive as such.

Oberweis drew fire in his 2004 run for the Senate after TV ads showed him flying over Soldier Field in a helicopter and asserting that enough “illegal aliens” cross the border and steal jobs to fill the stadium every week. Also during that campaign, his dairy aired a TV ad that showcased him in the weeks before the primary. It led to a $21,000 fine from the Federal Election Commission, which called the ad an unreported corporate contribution. […]

Though the assertion in the Soldier Field ad was disputed, Oberweis in an interview stood by his math but acknowledged, “We did a lousy job in the commercial.” As for the doctored headlines, he said his campaign manager had placed the ad and it was “pulled immediately” when he learned of the inaccuracies.

State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the March 18 primary, says he favors a pathway to citizenship for children brought into the United States illegally by their parents.

“In this country, we try not to blame children for acts of their parents,” Oberweis told the editorial board of The State Journal-Register.

He said that for parents who did break the law, “I do not believe that we should provide amnesty.”

But, he added, “We don’t want to break up families. My … suggestion is that we look at a non-immigrant visa which would allow them … to be here legally. However, it would not provide them with a path to citizenship.” He also said such adults should pay Social Security and Medicare taxes while working, but they should not automatically get such entitlements.

Not sure the parameters under which they operate and decide what to release or not release, but the SoS press office routinely answers news inquiries regarding the driving records of people accused of crimes, in accidents, etc. You see it all the time.

Don’t get your hopes up: a visa for illegal Hispanics without a path to citizenship, is a way to pander to employers wanting cheap undocumented labor, without giving that labor a way to vote in elections.

honesty compels me to say that his driving history raises questions about his judgment behind the wheel. not sure that it translates elsewhere, but it shows a definite disregard for the law as well as an indifference to the costs of violating our speeding laws. I say that as a convicted speeder myself — two tickets in 40-plus years, none in the last 30 years.

Had he run for state office sooner, he may have won a seat sooner and not had all those speeding tickets. If you drive I-55 going south, you can see the cars with state plates in your rear view moving fast passing you. lol. Dopey thing to go after a guy for in oppo. Dumb strategy. Everyone hates cops who give you a speeder instead of a warning and a break. Most can relate to the hassle it causes in your life.
If he’s moderated on immigration, good for him. I’ll send one up to the Blessed Mother thanking her for helping him be a better guy on that. Agree with a lot of what’s on the thread today.

==In Illinois, you need someone’s driver’s license number to get their driving record.==

No you don’t. You can see all of my speeding tickets if you go to the circuit clerk’s website in my county and type in my name. You might have to search all of the county websites but you could find out that info pretty easily.

it’s true that he won’t be getting speeding tickets on any roads monitored by state troopers (not just I55) as long as he has his state senate plates, and then his state senate “retired” plates. that may be due, historically, to the fact that a long-ago appropriations committee chairman slashed the state police appropriation after he got a well-deserved speeding ticket on I55.

Speaking of ‘oppo type research’, i saw one of his ice cream/milk delivery trucks 2-3 months ago, and noticed it was registered in another state. Made me wonder how far his deliveries go. The obvious guess is that it is a tax/fee avoidance, but the optics are bad - illinois offc holder/runner, but doesn’t use illinois tags.

I think I would be too embarrassed to say that my “top accomplishment” after my first year in Springfield was raising the speed limit by 5 or 10 mph in Illinois. It would be like saying that I seem to lack the ability to determine the major priorities in Illinois government. Where were you when the pension reform issue should have been being discussed? Were you sleeping in a corner? How about addressing the far more important pressing financial issues within our state? It would be like saying that even though you forgot to put on your trousers when you went to the store for your wife, you knew to wear your cordovan colored loafers instead of your black dress shoes.

Sounds like one stating the OBvious, but, NO
WONDER now that Oberweis pushed so hard for passage of that Bill! On the one hand, it’s hilarious, but on the other, it sure isn’t good news in his Race for the U.S. Senate, iffy though that whole venture has been all along anyway! But there is no DOUBT that his “Good-Humor(ed)” Opponent (sorry, I couldn’t resist!), the ever-affable Dick Durbin, is going to just have a Field Day with THIS new revelation (and may just find it too irreSISTible NOT to include in some TV Attack Ad down the road)…!